1 Chronicles 22:2

So David ordered his servants to gather together the foreigners living in the land of Israel. He assigned them to be stonecutters, to cut stone blocks, in order to build God's house.

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And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

In Context

1Then David said, “This is where the house of Yahweh God will be, with the altar for the burnt offerings of Israel.”

3David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails for the doors to go in the gateways, and for braces. He also supplied more bronze than could be weighed,

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:17At the king's command they quarried large stones of high quality with which to lay the foundation of the temple.

1 Kings 7:9These buildings were adorned with costly hewn stones, precisely measured and cut with a saw and smoothed on all sides. These stones were used from the foundation to the stones on top, and also on the outside to the great court.

2 Kings 12:12and to the masons and the stonecutters, for buying timber and cutting stone to repair the temple of Yahweh, and for all that was needed to be paid to repair it.

1 Chronicles 14:1Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons. They built a house for him.

2 Chronicles 2:16We will cut wood from Lebanon, as much wood as you need. We will take it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who did not belong to Israel,

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:2-6

Preparations for the Temple. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre… Read the whole commentary →

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